Monday, August 24, 2009

Tambour D'Afrique will return the first weekend in September. Host, Guy Angrand, is on vacation. I will be posting songs here and there until he returns. First up is Wenge Musica - Mulolo. Here is a video of them performing the song live.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Celeo Scram releases a video for my favorite song off of his 2008 release "Nzoto Na Nzoto". Thank you so much to CongoMikili.Com for the exclusive video. Please visit CongoMikili.com for the latest news on Congolese Music. It's a really great site. Special thank you to them.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Now you can own tshirts displaying your favorite Congolese musicians and artists. Courtesy of Royal Legacy Garb & Printfection.com. These tshirts are designed by me, Ms. Bazu and I have more to come. The prices for T-shirts start @ $22.99 (plus s&h) to $34.99 depending on the color and Hooded Sweatshirts price range from $34.99 - $42.99 plus shipping. Men's, Women's and Children's sizes available. After today a link to the online store will be in the right margin of the blog.

I look forward to hearing the rest. I really enjoy Werra's new talent who were first introduced on Werrason & Wenge Musica Maison Mere's last album "Mayi Ya Sika/Temps Pressnt", Fabrice, Deplik (who can be called a baby Fally Ipupa) and Cafe Rhum. They have a whole lot of personality. When the songs are good they're great.

I first became familiar with them on this youtube clip:(from left to right: Fabice, Cafe Rhum, Deplik)

Tambour d'Afrique is dedicated to carrying the torch for Congolese Music in an arena where not much information is available on the genre. Congolese music is one of the most influential musical genres in the world and we hope to continue to spread its influence to those who may otherwise never be exposed to the genres wealth of beauty and social commentary.